Dr. Jason Jividen holds the Philip M. McKenna Chair in American and Western Political Thought at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he also serves as chair of the Political Science Department, and Co-Director of the Center for Political and Economic Thought. Since coming to SVC in 2010, Dr. Jividen has taught courses in the history of political philosophy, American political thought and institutions, and constitutional law. He is the recipient of SVC’s annual Quentin Schaut Faculty Award for Exceptional Achievement, and teaching awards from SVC’s Student Government Association, and the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Dr. Jividen is also an Honored Visiting Graduate Faculty member in Ashland University’s Master in American History and Government (MAHG) program. In the MAHG, Jividen has taught courses on Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt, the Progressive Era, The First Amendment, Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, and the American Founding. Additionally, Dr. Jividen is a frequent contributor and seminar leader for Teaching American History.org (tah.org).

Dr. Jividen has written on topics in ancient and modern political philosophy, the principles of the American Founding, Lincoln’s political thought, American Progressivism, and civic education. Among other articles and book chapters, his peer-reviewed publications include two books: Claiming Lincoln: Progressivism, Equality, and the Battle for Lincoln’s Legacy in Presidential Rhetoric (Northern Illinois University Press) and, with David Alvis, Statesmanship and Progressive Reform: An Assessment of Herbert Croly’s Abraham Lincoln (Palgrave Macmillan). Most recently Jividen is the editor of the primary source reader, Populists and Progressives: Core Documents (Ashbrook Press).